Guitar tuning basics: Standard, open, drop, alternate tuning
What you'll learn
- Learn first step basics like parts and names of the guitar, names and numbering systems of the strings, and other basic guitar vocabulary
- Learn to identify different types of guitar tuners, what kind you have (or want), and what the letters and symbols on any tuner display mean
- Learn how to use almost any dedicated, phone app, or online tuner to get your guitar in tune
- Learn about other side topics like special symbols on a tuner's display, how to memorize your guitar strings, and how to shop for or download a guitar tuner
- Understand differences in tuning techniques between electric and acoustic guitars
- Learn how to tune your guitar with a tuner in a large variety of open, drop, detuned standard, and alternate tunings
Requirements
- No guitar playing or tuning knowledge or experience necessary - this course is for absolute beginners, and intermediate players who need to review the basics or fill in some gaps in their knowledge. You will learn everything you need to know to tune your guitar in this course!
- You will need a guitar with strings on it. It doesn't have to be in tune at all!
Description
Although there are many basic crash course videos on how to tune your guitar online, sometimes they assume prior musical knowledge and a trained music ear, and often bring up more questions than they answer. I feel there are not many courses on how to really understand tuning your guitar and how to do it on your own. It's for this reason I made this course.
My course will start from square one - no playing experience needed - and build up your knowledge on how to use any guitar tuner to tune your guitar, whether it's a standalone tuner (no matter how old or new it is), a free smartphone tuning app, or a free guitar tuning webpage. It will thoroughly and simply explain the basic types of guitars and their parts, basic music and guitar vocabulary, the musical alphabet letter system, sharps and flats, the differences between different types of tuners, how to identify any tuner by its display and controls, a step by step walk-through of how to tune an extremely out of tune guitar and other "worst case" scenarios, and many more in-depth topics.
It also includes some extra side topics, like how tuning an electric guitar is sometimes different than tuning an acoustic guitar, a reference guide for how to tune in a variety of alternate, drop, open, and other non-standard guitar tunings you may come across in your guitar journey, and includes guitar tunings for non-standard guitars such as baritone, 7, 8, and 9 string guitars, and even bass guitar, ukulele, banjo and mandolin tunings. Now there are some weird and unusual guitars, tuners, and guitar tunings out there, so it's impossible for my course to cover EVERY possible guitar tuning scenario, but it does cover every common guitar type, tuner, and guitar tuning scenario you will normally come across.
Disclaimer: this course teaches you how to tune your guitar with a variety of electronic tuners. However, tuning by ear, changing your guitar strings, and other advanced guitar playing and maintenance topics are outside the scope of this course. It's great for absolute "square one" beginners who are just getting started on their guitar journey or intermediate players who need a review and thorough grounding in the basics.
Who this course is for:
- Absolute beginners who are just getting started on their guitar journey
- Self motivated guitarists with a "do-it-yourself" attitude
- More experienced musicians and music teachers who want to know more about tuners in deeper detail than just the basics they already know
- Music store salespeople who want to be better able to explain all the features and pros and cons of tuners they sell to customers
Instructor
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Hi, my name is Tyson Farmer and I'm an online guitar, vocal, ukulele, banjo, and music theory teacher who teaches students of all skill levels. I love traveling the world, hiking & camping in nature, learning new ideas and philosophies, and laughing until my face hurts.
I love teaching people how to play guitar and other instruments, and am always looking to find new ways of translating complicated subjects into simple concepts to make them more accessible to people of every learning style, interest, and age. Learning how to play and understand an instrument (including your voice!) is an empowering and fun experience that keeps giving its gifts the more you use it. I hope my classes can help you toward that goal!